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Ophelia

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Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads.
And recks not his own rede.
Ophelia, scene iii


Ophelia was never, admittedly, my favorite Shakespearean girl. I often found her weak and desperate, but after a long discussion with my professor, I realized that I was seeing (and even worst, judging) the fictional character from a XXI century perspective. It shouldn't be that way.

I think Millais' influenced me entirely as well. Thank you, Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood!
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